does this cooler blow air away or suck air in and then away?
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It draws air up through the units fan to blow onto your laptops fan. My problem was this unit's fan is in the center and my lap top has it's fan to the left. While it did cool my lap top down a couple of degree's it was not nearly as effective as other unit's I have had.
5940
it sucks air in through the bottom and then on to the bottom of you laptop, you have to make sure you do not block off the bottom of the stand because it would not be able to draw air in to circulate around your computer.
1940225
Hello there..It is always preferable to put rear fans blowing out. But be sure you are creating a single air flow direction. You may not need intake fans and create enough negative air pressure within the case that air will enter through any other openings, but it's also preferable to put filtered intake fans with more capacity than the outlet fans so you always keep the dust where it should be and a fresh computer case.
776756
Yes, that's true. However, the air flow from the fans is very low and hardly noticeable, whether blowing out, blowing in, or doing both.
2004030
I did not say it blew out hot air . I said it blew the air out the top which help circulate and keeps the air moving around the unit . This in turn helps the unit pull in more uncirculated air which removes more moisture .
1599706
Francisco, the fan blows air out the front by sucking air into the rear of the box. The air entering the rear is directed over the ceramic plates and fills the box, effectively cooling the entire mechanism as it works. This negates the requirement for a secondary cooling fan.
116721
For the most part the air blows out the back(exterior), but yes, with this design, some of it does blow inside the case -- here is where having a case with good airflow design is key. My top card is a bit warmer than my bottom card, but that's to be expected in an SLI setup, and again good airflow design helps here as well.
722160
Sorry I haven't used the blowing function so can't answer. It sucks really well though
2066969
Chances are it pushes less air than you're default fan, at least it did for me . I was debating between a new card or new fan, i should have chosen a new card because I've had to buy one anyways
1782661
It seems to blow the same. I do not use the cool button. I just turned it on and held in the cool button, and the air flow seemed the same.
116720
It pushes air directly onto the card through the heatsink and heat pipes. There is no reason to exhaust the air. Your case should exhaust the air that is circulating.
1336043
There is a small white knob behind the louvers you can pull out to (in theory) bring fresh air in - it does not really work in my experience - it has a tiny cross section. The fan setting will not bring in outside air, it only shuts off the compressor and draws room air through the filter, over the (room temperature) evaporator coils, and out the outlet, circulating the existing room air. It works well to cool the air but does not really bring in outside air in my experience.
1533328
Sort of. If it is placed by an open window it will draw in air that is cooled and the fan spreads the cooled air. We use ours as an humidifier, and it still cools. But remember, this is an evaporative cooler -- buy for the size of room.
1250478
It is just a fan. It blows the surounding air around. It does not cool the air.
1423190
Neither, no air is drawn from or pushed outside of the case, this guy just pulls air thought the fans forcing air on a GPU or similar or card. It does work but it is not the most quiet.
190495
I have two of the double fans (total of four fans) mounted at the top of a closed closet (3ft wide, 7 ft tall) which houses our computer servers and security system hardware. I reversed the mounting on the fans so they are exhaust, blowing the air out of the closet. There is about a 1 to 1 1/2 inch gap at the bottom of the doors where air can be drawn in. The idea is hot air rises and is exhausted while cooler air is pulled in at the bottom. This seems to be working quite well over the past month or so since the install.
1276799
It blows toward the card. I found that I only needed one fan to cool my Adaptec Raid card, so now have a spare fan (yea).
1423191
Neither. The air does not flow in or out of the PCI case slot. The fan throws the air onto the PCI card next to it. In other words the air flows from the side shown in the picture to the opposite side keeping it all within the case.